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Reviews
Musical Offering: Starry, Starry Night
On this July 27th, in 1890, Vincent van Gogh - who suffered from mental illness for much of his life - shot himself in the chest. He survived, but would die two days later...
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Saint Pantaleon
Saint Pantaleon (+305) was a very popular early martyr, even though little is known about his life. The martyrology has it that he was a Christian, but strayed from his faith, and studied medicine...
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Bairstow’s Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
Sir Edward Bairstow (1874 - 1946) was an Anglican organist and composer, who wrote mainly for the church. Our schola learned this polyphonic rendition of the ancient hymn, Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence,...
Articles
Pope John Paul II and Our Lady of Mount Carmel
A young Karol Wojtyla, while discerning his vocation as he matured in his hometown of Wadowice, thought of becoming a Carmelite, drawn to their contemplative life and deep spirituality, prayer, devotion to Our Lady,...
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Canada’s Original, and Very Catholic, National Anthem
In the glow of Canada-Dominion Day, here is the original version of O, Canada, which was written in French, in Quebec – Canada was French before she was also English – for the 1880...
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Litany of the Precious Blood
A blessed feast of the Precious Blood! This devotion was placed into the calendar, and the feast instituted by Pope Pius IX in 1849. Even if no longer on the public calendar since the...
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Bach’s Cantata in Praise of the Baptist
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam is one of a few cantatas J.S. Bach compose in honouor of Saint John the Baptist, first performed in 1724 on this Solemnity celebrating the birth of the Baptist,...
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Sheppard Camerata Sacred Music Concert
On this upcoming Sunday, July 29th - the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul - there is a sacred music concert presented by Sheppard Camerata.
A concert of Sacred Music from England in the 15th...
